About the Authors

Kathy Annunziata

Affiliation Health Outcomes Practice, Kantar Health, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Aaron Rak

Affiliation Vaccine Public Policy and Advocacy, GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Heather Del Buono

Affiliation Global Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marco DiBonaventura

marco.dibonaventura@kantarhealth.com

Affiliation Health Outcomes Practice, Kantar Health, New York, New York, United States of America

Girishanthy Krishnarajah

Affiliation US Health Outcomes and Epidemiology, Vaccines, GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts. The National Health Wellness Survey is conducted annually by Kantar Health. KA and MD are current employees of Kantar Health. GlaxoSmithKline purchased access to the NHWS data and funded the analysis and preparation of this manuscript. AR, HDB, and GK are current employees of GlaxoSmithKline. This paper includes no information on marketed products so there are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA AR HDB MD GK. Performed the experiments: KA MD. Analyzed the data: KA MDB. Wrote the paper: KA AR HD MDB GK.